# Ballythomas, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilteale, barony of Stradbally, Co. Laois; in Irish Baile Thomáis.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 892,584 m² (89.26 ha, 220.56 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 13,977 m² (1.4 ha, 3.45 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilteale, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/kilteale.md
- Barony: Stradbally
- Electoral division: Kilmurry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 305 people lived in 92 households in the Kilmurry electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/28509
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100168
- Centre: latitude 53.05168, longitude -7.166056 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballythomas, from 54 m² to 168,645 m² (16.86 ha, 41.67 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 249074: 168,645 m² (16.86 ha, 41.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249074.md
- Parcel 260114: 93,526 m² (9.35 ha, 23.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260114.md
- Parcel 245599: 80,660 m² (8.07 ha, 19.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245599.md
- Parcel 239217: 74,331 m² (7.43 ha, 18.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239217.md
- Parcel 267732: 70,344 m² (7.03 ha, 17.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267732.md
- Parcel 263144: 70,327 m² (7.03 ha, 17.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263144.md
- Parcel 249867: 58,200 m² (5.82 ha, 14.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249867.md
- Parcel 256431: 39,949 m² (3.99 ha, 9.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256431.md
- Parcel 238752: 37,080 m² (3.71 ha, 9.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/238752.md
- Parcel 248510: 34,575 m² (3.46 ha, 8.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/248510.md
- Parcel 5509741: 22,611 m² (2.26 ha, 5.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5509741.md
- Parcel 254879: 22,093 m² (2.21 ha, 5.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254879.md
- Parcel 235294: 21,286 m² (2.13 ha, 5.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/235294.md
- Parcel 249734: 13,977 m² (1.4 ha, 3.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249734.md
- Parcel 233824: 13,530 m² (1.35 ha, 3.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233824.md
- Parcel 3389495: 13,408 m² (1.34 ha, 3.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3389495.md
- Parcel 4406750: 11,967 m² (1.2 ha, 2.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4406750.md
- Parcel 227676: 10,683 m² (1.07 ha, 2.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227676.md
- Parcel 237350: 7,435 m² (0.74 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/237350.md
- Parcel 237672: 7,310 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/237672.md
- Parcel 4906886: 5,141 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4906886.md
- Parcel 4693565: 4,075 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4693565.md
- Parcel 238316: 4,031 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/238316.md
- Parcel 2861556: 4,009 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2861556.md
- Parcel 4035503: 2,304 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4035503.md
- Parcel 3052335: 2,151 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3052335.md
- Parcel 3935446: 54 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3935446.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ballythomas in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

9 applications, newest first.

- 27 Jul 2026, Laois County Council 2660514: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct new dwelling house, domestic garage, stables, septic tank and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660514/0
- 16 Apr 2024, Laois County Council 2460193: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. change house type from that previously granted planning permission 22/684 and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460193/0
- 11 Apr 2024, Laois County Council 2460188: N/a. Permission. Change of house type from that previously granted planning permission 22/684 and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460188/0
- 28 Jul 2023, Laois County Council 2360293: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. demolish an existing lean-to to accommodate construction of a new rear extension with all ancillary services and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360293/0
- 25 Jul 2023, Laois County Council 2360282: N/a. Permission. demolish an existing lean-to to accommodate construction of a new rear extension with all ancillary services and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360282/0
- 18 May 2023, Laois County Council 23156: Conditional. Retention. retain 1. the construction of a pedesatrian footpath adjacent to the existing internal access road at The Heritage Resort & for the removal of existing boundary treatments / hedgerow so that the footpath could be accommodated along the internal access road. 2. all associated site works at The Heritage Resort, Killenard, Co. Laois, R32 DA50. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/23156/0
- 28 Apr 2023, Laois County Council 2360156: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. Construct new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360156/0
- 4 Nov 2022, Laois County Council 22684: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. construct dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/22684/0
- 7 Sept 2022, Laois County Council 22553: Conditional. Permission. for retention permission for stables, horse shelter, 2 general purpose sheds and polytunnel, as well as revision to boundary to my property. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/22553/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballythomas.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LA014-010: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA014-010----. Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map and indicated by a curving field fence on the 1909 edition Reference to a rath here (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 282). Situated in undulating countryside with views of Killone Hill to the W. Nearby ringfort (LA014-011) visible to the S. Poorly preserved enclosure almost totally levelled and now defined by a scarp(max. H 1.6m) from SSW-E. No evidence of fosse or original entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA014-011: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA014-011----. Reference to a rath here (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 282). A circular area (diam. c. 50m) defined by a bank (Wth c. 1.9m, int. H c. 1.6m; ext. H c. 1.9m) from SW-NE. No evidence of fosse or original entrance. Nearby ringfort (LA014-010) visible to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA014-012: House - 16th/17th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA014-012----. Home of Lord Dunboyne, Bishop of Cork. Described in the nineteenth century as a seventeenth century house that has been remodelled in recent times, in which process, one of its storeys with its castellations was removed (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 282). Occupied dwelling consisting of a a two storey house (Wth c. 6.1m, L c. 15.5m) rendered with pepple-dash and with a dressed cut stone doorway with key stone. Four rectangular windows on ground floor and three on top floor on front of building. A curtain wall runs westward from the house ending in a pillar. None of the original outer buildings remain. Some cobbling visible outside N gable of house. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballythomas.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballythomas, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballythomas.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballythomas.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballythomas.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballythomas.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballythomas with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois: https://everytownland.com/laois.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Carrigeen: https://everytownland.com/laois/carrigeen-100278.md
- Killeen: https://everytownland.com/laois/killeen-100719.md
- Killone: https://everytownland.com/laois/killone.md
- Kilmurry: https://everytownland.com/laois/kilmurry.md
- Kilrory: https://everytownland.com/laois/kilrory.md
- Kylespiddoge: https://everytownland.com/laois/kylespiddoge.md

A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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